<p>A child died and several other people were seriously injured when two cars collided head-on early Saturday morning in northeast Alachua County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.</p><p>Dead is Cristian Malave, 11, of College Point, N.Y. Taken to Shands at the University of Florida with critical injuries was Virginia Pagel, 52, of Keystone Heights.</p><p>Taken to Shands with serious injuries were Hilda Malave, 42; Carlos Malave, 42; Alyssa Malave, 14; and Melissa Malave, 19. All three are from College Point, FHP reported in a press release.</p><p>The accident happened about 6:20 a.m. on U.S. 301 just north of Alachua County Road 225 north of Waldo.</p><p>For an unknown reason, Pagel was headed southbound in a northbound lane of U.S. 301 in a 2004 Honda Accord, FHP stated. The Malaves were northbound in the left lane in a 2002 Mazda MPV.</p><p>The actions of Pagel caused her car to collide head-on with the Malaves' car, according to FHP.</p>